Click here to see my most recent large project for The Oregonian.

Everyone has a story to tell ... but not everyone knows how to tell a story. I do. Let me tell your story of love, life, death, happiness, triumph, loss and joy. Click here for more information.

Nothing like more than 27 years in journalism to teach a body a few things about life, love, death, joy . . . the human condition. At the moment, I'm still employed as a staff writer of The Oregonian, in the Shangri-la that is Portland, Oregon. I love my job, I love my industry . . . and yet, it's all coming a-tumble down around my ears. I aim to stay until they toss me out. Before that, I wrote stories for The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C. Before that, I worked in Washington, D.C, for Gannett News Service and United Press International, where I learned at the knee of The Great One Herself. I've won awards (I guess every newspaper reporter has to say that), and I've changed lives (I know there aren' t many newspaper reporters who can say that). For the particulars, click here